Fence



June 17, 1930. J. T. BARTON 1,764,284

FENCE Filed Nov. i929 ,a i F 7 7 k? w I I i Inventor I 57? I Bar-Z570,

Attorney Patented June 17; 1930 I p v UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE Application filed November 14, 1929. Serial No. 407,261.

7 This invention relates to an improved generally at 5. Each member is composed fence which is particularly, but not necesof a single length of wire having its opposite sarily, designed for use in portions of the ends coiled around the two horizontal fence country inhabited by certain classes of aniwires 2 as indicated at 6. The intermediate 5 mals who gain entrance to farms by boring portion of the wire is bent upon itself to .55

through the ground beneath the fence. provide horizontally disposed vertically The present invention relates to an imalined guide eyes 7. Slidable through these provement used in association with the lower guideeyes is a gravity lowered drop-Wire 8 portion of the fence so that animals are preof any suitable length.

I 10 vented from crawling beneath the fence In practice, the guide members 5 are con- (6,

through the hole which may have been dug nected to the two lowermost horizontal wires by them. of the fence at points intermediate-the ver- Briefly, the improvement relates to a plutical wires 3. This disposes the devices sufiirality of vertical gravity lowered drop wires ciently close to each other to prevent the which act as automatic followers so as to average animal from getting beneath the 5 provide a closure for any hole dug beneath fence in'case he boresa hole in the ground. the fence by the animal. I have attempted to demonstrate the manner The particular features and advantages in which the device operates in the drawings. a of the preferred construction will become Here, it will be seen that a hole has been dug apparent from the following description and in the ground beneath one of the devices and drawings. the drop wire is shown lowered into the hole In the drawings so as to provide a guard and then prevent The single figure represents a fragmentary the animal from crawling through the hole portion of a conventional wire fence beneath the fence. equipped with an animal guard constructed It is believed that a careful consideration in accordance with the present invention. of the description and drawings will enable Referring to the drawing in detail, the persons skilledin-the art to which the invenreference character 1 designates generally a. tion relates to obtain a clear understanding conventional wire fence made up of horiof the same. Therefore, a more lengthy I zontal and vertical wires 2 and 3 respectively. description is thought unnecessary.

These are connected together in any common \Vhile I have shown and d s rib d th way and are usually arranged close enough preferred embodiment of the invention, it is together to prevent comparatively small to be understood that minor changes comanimals from going through the fence. ing within the field of invention claimed, Ordinarily, these fences are rather high and ay b r rt d t if d i d,

are appropriately supported on posts 4 as Having thus described my invention, what usual. However, while the animal may not I claim as new is be able to get th oug between in In a structure of the class described, a the fence and may not be able to climb over fence guard i th f f an tt h t 40 the fence, it has been found that they frefor the lowerpwires of a Wire fence, i

fluently l or Chg a .hole beneath the fence attachment being intended to prevent/aniand get f f field g? g. 1 t mals from crawling beneath the fence As before 1nt1niated,t is is a isac van a e through a hole g y the animals said which as far asI know, has never been overcome. Accordingly, I have provided an attachment compnslng a gulde member =95 improved construction and arrangement of f m from, smglefength of WEB hiwmg details which will no doubt prevent animals mtermedlate- Portlon bent F0 p a f t i d t h places I pair v of vertically spaced horizontal guide In carrying out the invention, I empl a eyes and having lts ends constructed for plurality of duplicate members indi at d bending around apalr of the lower horizontal ,100

fence wires, and a gravity lowered drop wire freely slidable through the guide eyes and adapted to have its lower end disposed in said hole, said drop wire being formed at its lower end with an eye.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN T. BARTON. 

